Rough Around the Edges
I guess it was time for my luck to run out. After a long spell of reading good books, this anthology turned out to be a real disappointment – not a keeper in the bunch and one story that is utterly vile.
Splendor by Brenda Joyce
Splendor wasn’t bad. I hadn’t heard of Brenda Joyce before picking up the book, so I didn’t have any particular expectations (like I do before starting a Julie Garwood). Although the characters and the situation were not entirely believable, the book was packed with lots of conflict, action, and interesting historical facts. I can say…
Dear Stranger
When I picked up this book, I thought there was no way it could be as humorous as the back cover implied. Well, I was right, but it wasn’t lack of humor that subtracted from Dear Stranger’s many delightful qualities. In many ways, Dear Stranger is a gentle, somewhat humorous look at the developing romance…
The Hostage Bride by Jane Feather
Hostage Bride is the first in a trilogy by Jane Feather. Set during the English Civil War, each of these stories is linked by their heroines, Portia, Olivia, and Phoebe, who become “blood” sisters at a wedding attended by all three. Each young woman is unique, yet are united in their wish to never marry….
Sarah’s Child by Linda Howard
According to snippets of conversations I’ve heard here and there, Sarah’s Child by Linda Howard is either everybody’s favorite read or complete trash. So, I decided to read it to see what all the hollering was about. And, having read it, I can see why some would love it and others would hate it. It’s…
The Bride Finder by Susan Carroll
It was a dark and stormy book. That phrase kept running through my mind when I read The Bride Finder, Susan Carroll’s new paranormal romance. The Bride Finder comes with glowing recommendations from seven romance writers. Is it as good as the cover blurbs? No – it’s a fair book, but I was not bowled…
Thief of Dreams by Mary Balogh
Mary Balogh’s new book Thief of Dreams is an historical novel set in the Georgian period. When the book begins, Cassandra Havelock is preparing to celebrate her twenty-first birthday, come out of mourning for her father, take her place as mistress of Kedelston, and assume the title, Countess of Worthing. She has no pressing need…
Return to Paradise
This book didn’t seem like a romance at all. It resembled a group of separate, mostly unromantic, stories loosely connected by some of the worst characters and dialogue ever to grace the romantic fiction genre. Kate McClure and Hank Sinclair meet when Hank accuses Kate and her mother of moving into a house that he…
Arranged in Heaven
Disgruntled. Isn’t that a great word? It’s one of those words where sound and definition match. I just finished reading Sara Jarrod’s Arranged in Heaven, and I’m feeling, eh, disgruntled. The first third of the book was irritating and even offensive at times; the middle got better and I found I liked the hero very…
Sealed With A Kiss
Pamela Morsi proves that a romance does not have to be about princes, dukes, and other high-born nobs to hold a reader’s interest. Her books, set in small towns, are full of wonderful characters who just happen to be ordinary people. It’s 1895 in Chavistown Texas, and Miss Prudence Belmont has just been elected to…
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